lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
And love that never fails
Let mercy fall on me
When everyone needs forgiveness
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender
Shine a light in and
let the whole world see
Singing, for the glory of the risen king
Jesus, Shine a light and
let the whole world see
Singing for the glory of the risen king
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
-5:40 PM
1st dayI was pretty smiley; everything made me smile.
The bus ride made me smile. I was laughing at how terrible the ride is and how the engine must be made out of rust. The briefing in the LT1 made me smile; the teacher was so funny. (involuntarily) The entry into the school hall made me smile; we were greeted be applause, cheers and a standing ovation. That was really nice. The perfomance by the dance troupe was so funny. It was like the school wanted to choose the type of dance they want performed, so they put a suggestion box outside the office. Of course, they were many ideas, so they said,"I know! Let's have all of them!" It is that funny. They were Chinese, Malay and erm...what looked to be Thai. The first song the chorale sang made me smile, it sounded like a African folk song, which was nice. The second song made me struggle to not burst out laughing. The principal's speech, should that bring a smile to my face? Probably.
Back at class, the form teachers made me smile, cause' of how slow and extremely boring they were just because of "administrative matters". After that was icebreakers, where the PSLs played with us. (yeah, our PSLs were qiaowei, kenderick and wei cheng. I wonder whether si min is a PSL. there was a person from the council, but i forgot his name, which i really didn't mean to. Let's just call him
well-spoken man.) The games made me smile, cause' of how funny it is. I won't go into the details, but you have to remember everyone's names. (which I didn't really)
Breaktime, and all Lasallians met up. We walked around school, and we saw a dead large-tailed nightjar. (a bird I always wanted to see) That made me smile. You might take I'm a sick retard, but I realised that God knew it when this bird fell and clothed it with those beautiful feathers. Never do I have to worry again.
After that, we went on the school tour, which brought a smile to my face. Why? I have no idea. We still had a few minutes late, so a cheering war started between the classes, in which we were quite high. The 1hr briefing brought a smile to my first, because I fell asleep. After that, we learnt the school song. The school song brought a smile to my face, because of nice(like a chinese folk song, actually it is Chinese, but very hard to sing) and how the lyrics is full of meaning.Lunch. hmmm. Should it bring a smile to my face?
The mass dance. The PSLs demonstrated the dance to us, and it really brought a smile to my face. Fortunately, we did not need to it as we will learn it the next dar.
Peer support session. si min and
well-spoken man wasn't there, so there shoudn't be a PSL. We played wacko. But didn't really bring a smile to my face. But the mocking and the
saboing was endless. My PSL started it by calling Livia my "darling", just because I kept argueing with her, which really does not make sense. Then, I was made to do a forfeit cause I accidentally wacked someone in wacko, which was not in the rules at all. And i was sure the mocking would never end. "yeah, you found something not to smile about." wrong. For some reason, that made me smile. I guess seeing people smile will make you smile. Verdict: Smiling is contagious.
2nd dayWe had to assemble in class because it was raining. There we had wet-weather program (sounds familiar right lasallians?). The first team building games was ahh. It's hard to remember. yeah, we had to retreive a water bottle from the middle of a circle without stepping into the barrier. lying on the floor is also not allowed. The first circle was small, our class,1F, had no trouble plucking it out. The PSLs made the circle bigger. It took as quite a while to figure it out, but in the end, a smart guy (didn't mean to forget his name) got it. Oh yeah, all the PSLs drew on my face. Break-time. Nothing to say.
I seriously forgot the next teambuilding game. oh yeah, I remember. Captain's ball. My class won 2 out of 3 games, which wasn't that bad. Lunch time. The char-siew fan was nice.
The mass dance was nice. Firstly, the sun dance was elaborate, but fun. The bollywood dance was simple, but beautifully choreagraphed. We learnt the song in 1hr. The next 30 min was planning for the campfire item in class, and the PSLs was obviously irritated, cause our class couldn't make a descision. We finally agreed to sing Lin Jun Jie's 会有那么一天, which I later found out was extremely nice. Peer support session again. I'm trying to remember again. Ok, i seriously can't remember. After this was suppose to be dismissal, but I had to stay for badminton training. I finally reached home at 8pm. yes, that's right, 8pm.
3rd dayWe started with flag raising ceremony at the parade square. After that we had peer support session, which was really fun. Everyone of us had to do the lingo. (or limbo, dunno how to spell) After that was breaktime. Once again, nothing to say. Then, the CCA trials began. It didn't need to go, cause' of DSA. And the first trial was coincidentally, badminton. So I decided to stay with my team while my class tried it out. Fun, fun, fun. My class also went for table tennis trials. Then, they moved on. Meanwhile, I was getting bored. So I decided to join with my class again. I found them at the volleyball court. I joined the trial for fun. In the end they wanted me, which I wasn't sure why. So what if i can jump 2.6m? After that, where did we go? I can't quite remember. I think we went to wushu. Yeah, that was boring. After that was lunch? I think so. We met below the flagpole, and then moved on to athletics. While they were running, me and Kenderick were buying drinks for everyone. Then, I went to the basketball court, where I also participated in trials. The class was splitted into two, and we played a match. My group won. The coach then narrowed down the shortlist and we played with another class. That was a trash. Then we went back to class, and prepared for our item. Let me tell you, it rocked. We were than given our orientation t-shirt, in which we changed into and then ate dinner. After that, we went to the UG village, in which all our PSLs were in one of them. (qiaowei was obviously the most passionate) We gathered together in the hall. Then, we went to the field, in which our campfire was going to be held. We were extremely high and the cheering was probably the most fun I've had in the three days. I cannot describe how vibrant the atmosphere was. The campfire began, and the group performances began. Things had gone so well, something had to go wrong. And it did. It rained. So my class had to perform the next week. Still, fun, fun, and more fun.
So, what's the point of typing this super long post? I'll summarise here.
RV people can get high in the snap of a finger. They are extremely sociable and passionate about the school. My PSLs taught me that, so rock on qiaowei, Kenderick and wei cheng. I thought I would never find a school as great as DLS, or friends as great as Lasallians. But i found it, and i found it in RV. So now, if you offered me to transfer to a top school, I would refuse. In other words, RV, you have won my heart.
